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Tip for adding pan and ...
When making your own DVD slideshows with music, go easy on the pan-and-zoom...
Making a basic slidesho...
A few months ago, I talked to a group at our local senior center about an...
Ideas for slideshows...
By now you’ve had some time to think about your slideshow theme and scan...
Faux Flix Custom DVD Sl...
Faux Flix offers DVD Slideshow Services in the East Bay Area of San Francisco,...
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Faux Flix Custom DVD Slide...
Faux Flix offers DVD Slideshow Services in the East Bay Area of San Francisco, with an additional location in Sacramento, and nationwide. We can often pick up and deliver your photos and slideshows in the Bay Area or Sacramento, schedule permitting. We are so confident that our DVD slideshows with music will meet or exceed your expectations, that our services are 100% guaranteed. Please call us today. We...
Powerpoint Slideshows as a...
Okay, making a Powerpoint slideshow is only free if you already own Microsoft Powerpoint. But if you own a PC with the MS Office Suite installed, then you have Powerpoint. Professional slideshow software can be expensive, especially if you only need to make one slideshow. If you really need to make a completely free slideshow, Powerpoint is one of your best options. However, there is not currently a good,...
Photo Slideshow Tips: Impr...
To make better slideshows, work on improving transitions between slides. One way to make a more professional looking photo DVD slideshow is to make the end of a slide last longer by duplicating the end of the slide. Have you ever had a slide with great special effects, but that seemed to fade before the photos could be viewed in their final positions? To fix this, just add another slide immediately after...
How to upload photos to us...
To upload photos for us to use in your DVD slideshow with music, we usually recommend zipping them with a program like WinZip and uploading them to Drop.io, a free file sharing service. Drop.io is easy to use, and you can upload as many photos as you want to. The only limitation on free uploads is that they must be less than 100 mb each. Drop.io allows you to customize your download link name, or URL, and...
Tip for adding pan and zoo...
When making your own DVD slideshows with music, go easy on the pan-and-zoom effects. “Pan and zoom” is a term attributed to the world-renowned documentary filmaker, Ken Burns, and is frequently referred to as the “Ken Burns effect.” Panning means to move your photo(s) from one point on a slide to another. This can be done either in a single slide, or across multiple slides. Zooming...
Making a basic slideshow i...
A few months ago, I talked to a group at our local senior center about an upcoming class for learning to make DVD slideshows with music from Angela Martin using free software. What a surprise–I was the one who learned! Most of my audience started mumbling things about being “nowhere near able to do that…” I realized that I needed to simplify the process at first, then add details as I...
Ideas for slideshows...
By now you’ve had some time to think about your slideshow theme and scan your photos. Did you come up with a great idea, or are you stuck? Here are some ideas, just in case you need help: – Ask all your relatives for their vintage family photos for a “family heritage slideshow” or - Gather the best photos of all your children and create one family video for every family member....